English Idiomatic Quiz: CAN YOU SCORE 20/20 ON THIS ENGLISH IDIOMS?
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- CAN YOU SCORE 20/20 ON THIS ENGLISH IDIOMS QUIZ?
An idiom is a fixed expression or phrase that has a figurative meaning that differs from the literal interpretation of its individual words.
Example: “To go back to the drawing board.’’
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19/20. Thanks for sharing this quiz on Idioms. Before I take my leave, how are you doing, ma'am?
Great job, Shadrach George! 😍👍
Your score was amazing! Keep up the good work!
@@englishtestsandlogic Thank you, ma'am, how are you?
@Shadrach, I'm in good fettle. Hope you're doing great?
@@englishtestsandlogic All good, thanks for asking, ma'am. Stay safe. Cheers!
Maybe they threw that one in there so we wouldn’t get too far above ourselves. 😉😊
18 / 20 . Never heard of "The game isn't worth the candle" and I said "cry your heart out" instead of "cry your eyes out". I looked it up and "cry your heart out" is also an expression.
Great job, P Clark! 😍👍
Thank you for participating!
Or “cry your soul out”
I'm totally with you. Exact same result.
I put the match isn't worth the candle, never heard that one before.
@@williamlugmayer3429 I had something similar.
I'm 77 years old, reasonably well educated, and supported my family by writing for half my adult life, yet I had NEVER heard or read either #2 or #12. Guessed correctly at 2, but was totally befuddled by #12. And FWIW, in the circles I grew up in, 'A drop in the BUCKET" was a far more common usage than a drop in the ocean.
I grew up with "a drop in the bucket" as well. Never heard of "drop in the ocean" until today.
I got all but number 12 ‘game for the candle’ of which I’d never heard?! Where I come from we don’t say ‘Once in a blue moon’ but ‘Once every Preston Guild’ (Preston Guild is only once every 20 years - next one is 2032)!
Simonline 😀👍
@@kathrynjordan8782 I've heard both.
A drop on the ocean here , in the uk. We do not use a drop in the bucket, maybe that’s the reason?
Well no. 2, I think, is more commonly known as 'dancing to [someone else's] tune'.
Never heard of # 12 either. I’m 83 years old and a writer, well-educated also.
I never have either, and I can't find a single person commenting that has heard of it.
Never heard of "The game isn't worth the candle". Interesting expression.
I got them all except #1 I've always said ''Cry your heart out''
EDIT .. it would also be interesting to know the origin of each one.
For example .....
A Blue Moon is the name that we give to the second full moon within one calender month .. which happens very rarely !
19/20. Never heard of the game/candle idiom.
Yep. 19 out of 20.
I only have a small amount of English blood in me, and grew up in Canada. The candle and game thing - was totally new to me.
The other 19? Were as common as the day is long.
Now there's an idiomatic nod and a wink for you.
Same here. Never heard of game and candle.
19/20 The one, "The "game" is not worth the candle." This is a very British saying relating to the Catholic religion where they pay to light a candle in church so something they want will happen i.e. their team will win the football match, but they lost anyway. I asked my ex-pat British husband who said it was common over there, but he'd never heard it said here in Canada. 😅
Or this activity is not worth the cost of the candles to light it.
@@rosemarielee7775 No, it's the votive candle thing.
Never heard it before.
That’s the only one I missed too! I have never seen nor heard of that one!
I have never heard the game and candle one
I got 19. Thanks for the wonderful quiz 🙏 👍💯💯
I am 60,😊 all but one idiom 12 I’ve never heard that one before.
Well done! Thank you for participating! 😍🤩👍
18/20, I have never heard ‘The game isn’t worth the candle.’ & my mind went blank on ‘paint the town red.’ I can’t believe I missed that one!🤦♀️ It was still an enjoyable quiz. Thank you for the opportunity to learn something new. God bless you & have a blessed day. Love Pat 💓👏💐
I never heard the Game isn’t worth the candle, I can’t even make it make sense! Like the FLAME 🔥 isn’t worth the candle would make total sense lol.
Definitely not a saying in the United States
@@valerief1231
I agree. I really thought I knew all the old idioms, but never this one!! 🤦♀️ It’s possible that it’s used in other countries; I don’t know. Have a blessed day. Pat 🙏
Is that only in the UK? The game and candle one is never, ever used in the US.
18/20. Thanks for sharing this quiz on idioms. Love these quizes.
Great job, Kathryn! 😍👍
Thank you for taking the quiz!
I like it when I learn something new: I hadn't heard of idiomatic expression #12 until today! So, thank you for that --- and for all the other great expressions that have become commonplace. A very enjoyable quiz indeed! 🙏🥰🤓💕💯 🦋🦋👏
Yeah, all the other ones were very familiar, but nobody had ever used "game/candle" in my hearing.
I’ve always heard the idiom as it’s a drop in the bucket not ocean,even though I guessed it right
Thank you for participating! 😍👍
This was a very well done video. I don't know where you live, but "the game is not worth the candle" never caught on in the USA, although all the other expressions are very familiar.
19/20 quite pleased with myself, only one I’ve never heard of is number 12
hi Ann. never heard of 12 either!
Great job, Ann Watkins! 😍👍
I learned 12 new idioms tq
I got 18/20. I never heard of #12. I did enjoy this video. Thanks. 💥💢🙂
I'm Dutch. Missed # 6, put in 'gum' for 'skin' 😢
and # 12, put in nothing, as I had no clue whatsoever! 😫
I liked the explanation of the 'game for the candle;' interesting!
Re # 14: in Dutch we'd say: "that cost me a rib out of my body" 🤣
Enjoyed the quiz very much! 😍
of course I can ... and I am en immigrant from Switzerland
I like quiz👌👌
Thank you!
As others have commented, I never heard number 12 before. So, I got 19/20. And, I thought I was the queen of cliches… I mean idioms!
English is my native language. "The game isn't worth the candle" is a French idiom translated into English and I've never heard that from a native speaker. We would simply say, "It's not worth it". One can say "cry your heart out" or "cry your eyes out", "drop in the ocean" or "drop in the bucket". "Dance to someone's tune" is not really used. It's better to say "To be on the same wavelength."
12&20
Is news to me 😅
But I totally enjoy the quiz . Thanks for sharing 👍🏾
People haven't heard the one about the candle because it is a translation from a French saying. It makes sense, but there are English originals that mean the same thing. Fun, though. Thanks.
Got all except the game is not worth the candle - never heard that one before! Thanks for this - I had great fun solving it! Keep them coming !
8 'Take a rain check' and 12 'The game isn't worth the candle' are the ones that I have never heard before.
I’ve heard of take a rain check all the time
I’m more familiar with “the light is not worth the candle” meaning meaning don’t spend unnecessarily.
Never heard of the candle one, and I have always thought that “rain check” is American English, especially with that spelling of “cheque”. Apart from that got 19, but then again I am English.
Where I come from the idiom is cry your heart out. And you dance to someone Else's tune, not just to someone's tune. I have never heard that shortened version.
19/20. I honestly don't think that "Take a rain check" is really used in the UK. I believe that is more American English - which is why I got caught out with it. I immediately thought of a "blank check" - Do what you like in a given situation.
Rain check is American
@@russellprout723 Thought as much. I had heard it before. Only in American programmes and films. That's why it didn't click with English.
Great job! 😍👍
@@englishtestsandlogic Yes, well - ahem - you lot culturally evolved a linguistic distinctiveness that's no longer British Isles!
Enjoyed this video
Tks for sharing 🌺
I was pleasantly surprised actually, to learn a new one. I've never heard the game and candle one before. It must be very old.
18/20. I never heard of "the game isn't worth the candle." Oh well, I learned something new today! Thanks.
You got one wrong. "A penny for your thoughts." Means, "What are you thinking about? or What is on ypur mind?"
Hello from Sweden, I scored 18 out of 20.
I missed two that I'd never heard of before today. Thanks!
"The game isn't worth the candle"? I'm a 61yr old english major; this is new to me. "The juice isn't worth the squeeze" should replace it.
Also #1 can be a few things, "heart" and "soul" come to mind. I guessed "eyes" so I got 19/20. Oh and "I'll take a rain check" COULD be literal. Although not as common today, some stores still offer rain checks.
Tks for all these beautiful idioms, i ❤ it. My score is bad , only 3/ 20 😭😩. Indeed I hv only a few year study in a chinese / english school. A basic rudimentary english. I read all articles in english, just to pick up new words,expression as much as i can. Unfortunately the MIND just too small , can't keep too much in. But i still keep on learning , whatever i can- remember. I love to watch old english movies , they had beautiful dialogs, i watch whenever time allow. And
nowaday one can hear it NO MORE. 😔
Again, thank you so much for your constant uploading- teaching. I love your channel. To you and your teams behind-- BEST OF LUCK❤
18/20................. most very old sayings but a couple never heard of...............tks
Good job! Thank you for participating! 😍👍
Awesome quiz got 20 out of 20 thanks for the bed time challenge keep it up
Excellent job, Judy Quigley! 💯😍👍
Thanks for taking the quiz!
10 / 10
I got 19/20 which is good since I read,write and speak English.
Great job! ❤️👍
1. Eyes 2. Tune 3.stomach 4. Blue 5. Town 6. Skin 7. Penny 8. Blank 9. Ball 10. Room 11. Bush 12. Game 13. Insult 14. Arm 15. Ray 16. Sight 17. Benefit 18. Rocket 19. Upper 20. Drop
19 out 20 not bad
Fantastic job, Thomas! 😍👍
Keep up the great work.
19 /20. Sign of a wasted life.
No mention of the " fellow" in the woodpile anymore
Could have speeded up a little also
19/20, Thanks for the fun quiz.
Good job, Newton! 😍👍
Glad you enjoyed the quiz. Thank you for participating! 🙏
14/20 right Stomach,blue,penny,rain,room,bush,insult,arm,ray,sight,benefit,rocket,upper,and drop I knew drop in the ocean from a song sung by Ron pope it’s really good it’s one of my favorites I said cry your heart out instead of cry your eyes out
Good job, Lesile! 😍👍
Got all right except Six God bless us all
I have studied english filology, but without a practice possibility for over 30 years...12/20 plus 5 I would have known had I taken more time, absolutely unknown were 3
19/20. I am German...and most was easy, but "the game isnt worth the candle"? Never heard of that. Hmmm learn something new each day I guess
Eyes tune garden/stomach blue town skin penny rain ball zoo/room drum/bush game insult arm ray sight benefit rocket upper drop😊🙏
No, never heard the candle/game idiom. Must be a very rare and/or localised saying in my opinion.
Number 18 should be the juice isn't worth the squeeze. Number 20 should be a drop in the bucket.
When I learnt English at school , I was taught to spell endeavour with an 'our' at 😮the end ,and the idiom was ' to beat about-not around- the bush .Maybe the language and its usage have changed
19/20. I have never heard the game/candle idiom.
#3 should have read Butterflies in MY ____________, not your. And a Penny for your thoughts doesn't mean what you say, but it is said to someone staring off into space, appearing to intently be thinking of something.
Answer.... My thoughts are worth a lot more than a penny😅😅😅
18/20. No.12 never come across that one before. No.1 got it confused with pour your heart out. Thanks.
19 out of 20
Great job, Michael.
17/20
Thanks a lot. ✍️
I got them all.
Great job! 💯😍👍
Q8 is more of an American expression that has become more common in the past 40 years. Definitely originated in the US.
For sure, it had to do with baseball games being rescheduled when they were rained out.
#12 must be very rare, I've heard all the rest. Sad that these are dropping out of common usage.
19/20. Never heard the one about Game/candle. A 'Blue Moon ' is the second full moon during a month. Not really rare but happens.
Well done, Richard! 😍👍
Thank you so much for taking the quiz!
Never heard of the game isnt worth the candle before..learned something, thanks.
Thank you for participating! 😍👍
Got right except three thank God
Missed the candle question. Unfortunately not a perfect score. A drop in the BUCKET is the most referenced, but still got that question correct.
19/20
Good job! 😍❤️👍
Easy once in a fooking blue moon..🤔
Upper
6
All but no. 12
To pay an arm and leg doesn't just mean it's expensive. It means it cost more than you are willing to pay.
Easy every one right
Heart
Got all 20
Excellent job! 💯😍👍
Eyes (1)
(2) Music
(3) Stomach
(4) Blue
(5) Town
19 out of 20 . I never heard of #12's before
Good job! 😍👍
Thank you for taking the quiz.
8 out of 20 🧐😏
Yellow pie
heart
My score today is 16/20. Thank you. Ciao.
Good job, Patrizia! 😍👍
Thank you for participating!
Sight
For us, another meaning of “It’s not rocket science” is that you don’t need to be exact. Let’s say your recipe calls for a tablespoon of salt, but you only have two teaspoons’ worth of salt in the house. Using the reduced amount of salt will only minimally affect the recipe, where, in rocket science, it is extremely important to get each measurement precisely correct.
That’s an interesting way to look at it. I’ve always taken it as just meaning it’s not difficult.
Q2 more likely that it would be said that someone dances to their own tune or to the beat of their own drum. IE they do things their own way. I've never heard anyone use it in the way of the question.
I have never heard #12, and #2 was phrased differently from what I know.....19/20
19/20 Got the candle one wrong. I read alot but never ran into that one.
18/20 I had never heard 2 or 12 before.
Drop in the bucket and drop in ocean same thing.
I heard it said Cry your heart out for #1
Eyes
I'm of the older generation and scored 19 out of 20. I've heard them all except one. I have never have I heard the game isn't worth the candle
#2 should be 'dance to someone else's tune'. #12 - Never heard of it despite 70 years a Brit!
Thanks for participating! 😍👍
I knew them all except "The game is not worth the candle. I had never heard that one. I guessed wax.
Ray
19/20…The Game + the Candle…never heard of it + it’s definitely not British English!
Rain
The Butterflies were in my "belly".
As for the candle, I only knew it in French: le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle.
Forgot "rocket", but knew it was something to do with astronomy.
I am 78.